The Pirates dropped their Grapefruit League opener to the defending champs this afternoon, 6-3. Colin Curtis (who?) hit a walk-off bomb for the Yanks in the bottom of the ninth.

Paul Maholm and Ross Ohlendorf looked extremely sharp–each throwing a perfect inning against the top of the New York lineup. Brian Bass, D.J. Carrasco, Chris Jakubauskas, Jack Taschner, and Jean Machi also chipped in with one scoreless inning apiece.

Steven Jackson allowed three Yankees runs (two earned) in the sixth. Guess who surrendered the walk-off bomb? None other than good old Virgil Vasquez.

The Bucs only had three hits, and one was a leadoff infield single by Andrew McCutchen. Erik Kratz hit a 2 RBI double, and Ryan Church recorded an RBI on a groundout.

As for the big Yankee names: Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira went 0/2, as did Curtis Granderson in his first NYY appearance. A-Rod struck out against Ohlendorf and singled off Jakubauskas.